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DEFINITION: n. A personality quirk or habit, which at first blush seems "cute", but which can quickly become so annoying that it undermines personal relationships. v. To be habitually irksome.
Verboticisms
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Chewumuy
Created by: Ahmad
Pronunciation: che-wu-mu-ae
Sentence: I took him for a nice guy when first i met him in university but he proved a chewumuy latter on , i just hate these fellows.
Etymology: chewing + gum. chew form chewing, um from gum. uy from guy. chewing gum tastes great at start but just gets irritating latter on.
Hateabit
Created by: megmehtab
Pronunciation: heɪt ˈhæbɪt
Sentence: I am not going to bother you with my hateabit anymore.
Etymology: Taken from simple english; hate + habit = hateabit A habit you dislike now.
Agitrait
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: aj/i/treyt
Sentence: His nose-picking became a major agitrait for his girlfriend.
Etymology: agitate + trait
Divugnance
Created by: Mobelia
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His once endearing habit of winking at her was quickly becoming a divugnance.
Etymology: from diversion as in quirk, abboration or abnomality and repugnance as in distaste, repulsion and resentment.
Cutetopuke
Created by: paintergrl1313
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I thought his messy side was cute, not anymore, it's cutetopuke.
Etymology: It was cute, now she wants to puke.
Thornnoy
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: thawr-noi
Sentence: She used to call him by his given name, Roy. Now because of his thornnoying habits she doesn't call him at all.
Etymology: thorn (something that wounds, annoys, or causes discomfort) + annoy (irritate, upset )
Nasdi
Created by: adbern
Pronunciation: nes-di
Sentence: you never take a shower, you'r a nasdi
Etymology: nasty en dirty
Shidosyncrasy
Created by: Erik1
Pronunciation: Shid-e-o-syn-crow-see
Sentence: For shidosyncrasy the poison was in the dose.
Etymology: Shutdown (or perhaps another word) ;) + idiosyncrasy
Vexitating
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: vex-i-ta-ting
Sentence: Sam was the most vexitating man I ever knew. He had more bad habits than an alcoholic nun.
Etymology: vex: to cause annoyance by minor irritations + irritating: chafe; aggravating
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COMMENTS:
Lol. I\'ve known a few Sams too. - artr, 2009-09-09: 12:21:00
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Stoppit
Created by: wordmeister
Pronunciation: sto-pit
Sentence: The only thing more annoying that his little stoppit -- he would continually jiggle in his chair like a little Bill Gates -- was his wife yelling "stoppit" every time she saw him do it.
Etymology: stop+it
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COMMENTS:
I like it! - ErWenn, 2007-02-16: 10:43:00
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Comments:
wordmeister - 2007-02-15: 23:50:00
It was tricky to come up with right word for this one...
ErWenn - 2007-02-16: 10:44:00
Lots of good words for annoying habits today. It seems to be much harder to come up with a good word for an annoying habit that starts out as endearing.